Humbert-Brolliet, à Genève

Property from the Masterworks of Time Collection

Humbert-Brolliet, à Genève

A gold and enamel hunting cased jump hour lever watch

Circa 1840

• Movement: frosted gilded bar, lever escapement, bi-metallic compensation balance, signed Humbert-Brolliet, à Genève

• Dial: polychrome enamel painted with a lady in an interior with lute, aperture for jumping hours at 12, outer white minute ring

• Case: gold, the covers with restored polychrome enamel painted panels, to the front with two gentlemen and a lady before the Rialto bridge in Venice, the back painted with the same lady and one of the gentlemen in an Eastern interior, each surrounded by chased and engraved borders of scrolling foliage, band chased with flowers and foliage, gold decoratively engine-turned cuvette centred with a polished asymmetrical plaque bordered with scrolling flowers and foliage, engraved with movement details and signed Humbert-Brolliet, à Genève

diameter 44mm